OBJECTIVE
English>Latvian translating, editing, PDF proofreading, subtitling, telephone interpreting, DTP

LANGUAGE EXPERTISE
Native Latvian--23 years in Latvia--high school & AA degree (all studies in Latvian, not Russian)
English--BS in International Business & Marketing--University of Maryland, GPA: 4:00
Citizen of USA and Latvia

TRANSLATING / INTERPRETING EXPERIENCE
10+ years (85% technical, 10% semi-technical, 5% other)
Telephone interpreter for various multinational companies, embassies
Telephone interpreter for 911/999/111/112 (medical/police emergency services) in the US, UK, Ireland and Iceland
Telephone interpreter for the National Health Service - UK (emergency surgeries, A&E diagnostics, NHS network)
Police telephone interpreter for UK & Ireland (night-shift custody processing, testing, and charging procedures)

Medalist conference stand-by interpreter for Tokyo Olympics

CLIENTS
In collaboration with translation agencies in the US, EU, Canada, Japan, China and other countries, I have done work for major international companies (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Google, Apple (iTunes), Microsoft, GE, Amgen, Regeneron, Biogen, Johnson&Johnson, Takeda, Bioventrix, Roche Genentech, Quintiles, Merck, Novartis, Covance, Bayer, Sanofi, Genzyme, Tyco Healthcare, Teladoc, Boehringer lngelheim Pharmaceuticals, Schering-Plough, Daiichi, Eisai, Otsuka (Japanese pharmaceuticals), Medtronic (spinal implants), ICON, Kimberly Clark, Ely Lilly, NHS (UK and Ireland), Gilead Sciences (genetically modified autologous T cell immunotherapy - axicabtagene ciloleucel (one infusion bag per patient - $400K), proofreading of Veklury (remdesivir) --Gilead's cure for Covid-19), translating of Comirnaty (Pfizer's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine), Paxlovid (Pfizer's treatment of COVID-19 + omicron),  translating of Spikevax (Moderna's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine), translating of Imvanex (Bavarian Nordic's monkeypox vaccine), Biomarin-Europe, UniQure (Glybera--$1 million gene therapy medication--the  most expensive in the world), Intuitive Surgical (robotic surgical systems (da Vinci)), Bracco Diagnostics (MRI, nuclear medicine), ProFibrix (regenerative medicine, stem cells), St. Judes Medical, Ariad (micro molecular medicines), Cardiac Science, Thoratec (heart pumps), Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (specialty pharmaceuticals), Chiesi Farmaceutici, Procter and Gamble, Kodak, Toshiba, Blackberry, Intel, Brunswick, Philips, Nike, British Sugar, Godiva, McDonald's, Nestle, Brita, UPS, DHL, IKEA, Estee Lauder, Gallup, GM (Cadillac/Corvette), Toyota, Mitsubishi, Honda, National Geographic, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, LifeStar, OnStar, Purina, Weber, MetLife, et al.), NATO (social media), the United States government (FBI, USCS, NASA, DOE, DOT, DOJ, et al.) and the governments of UK/Ireland/EU.

SUBJECTS TRANSLATED
Medicine--clinical trial protocols, IVRS, IWRS, pharmaceuticals (regulatory (European Medicines Agency - EMA) templates--SPCs, PILs), medical device IFUs (surgical systems, LVAD/LVAS ventricular devices, AED defibrillators, implants), surgery instructions:  

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technology --electrical, industrial, mechanical, nuclear, military-technical manuals, training materials, software localization--www.google.lv, EU Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) - intranet for Latvian customs, computer terms dictionary, MS Office                               Quick Reference Sheets, international law enforcement--anti-terrorism, anti-narcotics, anti-human trafficking measures, international finance, international marketing, European Union, et al.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Software:
SDL Trados Studio (sdlxliffs), WordFast, MemoQ, Memsource, XTM, Adobe Acrobat, MS Office, FTP, programming (JAVA, C++, XML, HTML), Norton Antivirus with Live updates subscription.
Internet:
High-Speed Internet, unlimited upload/download capacity, e-mail scan with Norton Antivirus.

RATES / PAYMENT
Competitive rates. Payment in GBP, CAD, USD, SGD, YEN, EUR, RMB, etc., via check, ET, or credit card (PP).

AVAILABILITY
Weekends? No extra charge. I do not rest until the job is done!
Europe, Japan welcome! Distance is no object; in fact, it is an advantage! I work while you sleep!

SOME OF MY TERMINOLOGY SOURCES: